How does chess.com ratings compare with FIDE ratings?

I've never played in a rated tournament, but am around 1450 on chess.com.  Does that mean I'd be 1450 in a rated tournament, with the FIDE rating system?

Anyone know their FIDE rating and how it compares with chess.com?

I actually think I'd pay more attention if I wasn't playing on the computer.  Sometimes I browse the internet while playing. 

Online ratings are usually a little higher than OTB ratings.  My fics standard rating is roughly 100 points higher than my USCF rating.

Totally depends on the person.  Obviously they aren't exactly the same.

Some people a tournament might throw them off (especially if you've never played with a board).  You say it would help you concentrate better and take the game seriously, so maybe you'd play even better than normal.

I don't have any stats, but from what I've seen chess.com turn-based ratings are generally higher than FIDE or other national ratings.  Blitz and long live ratings are sometimes pretty close from what I've seen.  Bullet still seems inflated (like turn-based).

1450 chess.com is probably 1000 FIDE imho

You can't say this Chess.com rating is equal to this FIDE rating. Different pools of people, just can't compare the two accurately. Nor are they meant to be compared. A rating is meant to be compared to the rating of others in the same pool.

For example Nakamura's blitz rating on ICC is 3000+ but his FIDE rating is only 2750. :)

But WhitePawn is right.  Ratings are only relative.  With an online rating of 1450 even if you think you could play better, you're probably a D or C player.  But play in some tournaments and find out.  Tournaments are fun.

OK.  How many tournament games do you think it'd take to calibrate what my rating is?  I know I'm no chess master, but I think it'd be interesting to get a rating.

In USCF, your rating is considered established after 25 games.

I see that you're in SF -- so this link might be useful for you: http://www.norcalchess.org/tournaments.html.

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7328/368/

At first you'll get a provisional rating.  The provisional rating fluctuates wildly.  IIRC you get +400 of the rating of the players you beat and -400 of the players you lose to and then they take the average.  After 20 games or so you get a real rating that uses a different formula and won't vary as much, that will be a good reflection of your actual strength.

That's for USCF ratings.  It's more difficult to get a FIDE rating because FIDE rated tournaments are much less common in the US.  To make it even more complicated USCF ratings are typically a little higher than FIDE ratings like maybe 50 points or so.

chess.com rating is about 100-400 points above fide rating, depending on how active you are here and how active you are in otb

Your logic works if you assume that your opponents are not taking advantage of any of these things. If your opponent is doing the same, then they are obviously not advantages.

Also, clearly the OP was talking about live games, where none of that stuff is used anyway.

It would take an in depth study of players who have ratings from both entities and then a rating of the comparison could be made, with a chance for error. Ratings are subject to begin with.

Why does the chess.com mentor say I am 1750, but the tactics trainer say 1350, while I am livechess here at 1400+ and 1500 plus for online chess. I have two Chessmaster IDs that say I am 1335 and 1984. When I take match the masters tests on Chessmaster, I get results that very from High Class B to Master Candidate level....so from my point of view, its all extremely subjective and prone to inaccuracy.

Your opponents, how often you play, a difference between black and white and how many of each you have played with, if you chose to experiment for 30 games and werent really playing as well as you are capable, but chose to do it for ratings instead of unrated, but you didnt care or think about how it might bug you later if you dropped 200 points, all this can be factors to a rating and then some...thats why it is a rating....

Comparing Fide rating and chess.com rating is a tricky thing. There are too many factors you have to consider. In my experience the difference is roughly 200-300.

Chess.com rating 2000 = 1700/1800 fide rating.

So in your case your fide rating will approximately be 1150-1250.

Like I said it varies from person to person. There is not enough data to study this.

I would just like to comment that few players have achieved what Nakamura has achieved and the "only" in this comment is not to be taken seriously, only 2750? That is an achievement in itself!!!! Go Naka

I agree   Go go Naka!

Actually my live rating here on the site is lower than my FIDE rating, and has never been higher than my FIDE rating. My correspondence (or 'online') rating is a little bit higher than the FIDE rating though.

I concentrate more in tournaments OTB (though most tournaments I've played in have been 10 min, not classical)

Here are the USCF rating percentiles (below).

Can anyone give me (roughly) the Chess.com rating percentiles for LIVE Chess (either Blitz, Standard or both)?

 Since I'm only a basic member, (apparently) I don't have access to this data.

USCF 1600 = 82nd percentile

USCF 1700 = 86th percentile

USCF 1800 = 90th

USCF 1900 = 93rd

USCF 2000 = 96th percentile.

Thanks in advance for your help.